9-letter words containing ve
- overpower — to overcome, master, or subdue by superior force: to overpower a maniac.
- overpress — to oppress
- overprice — to price excessively high; set too high a price on.
- overprint — Printing. to print additional material or another color on a form or sheet previously printed.
- overprize — to prize too highly; overvalue.
- overproof — containing a greater proportion of alcohol than proof spirit does.
- overproud — excessively proud.
- overquick — too quick: Let's not be overquick to criticize.
- overrated — to rate or appraise too highly; overestimate: I think you overrate their political influence.
- overreach — to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
- overreact — to react or respond more strongly than is necessary or appropriate.
- overrider — either of two metal or rubber attachments fitted to the bumper of a motor vehicle to prevent the bumpers interlocking with those of another vehicle
- overrigid — too rigid
- overripen — to make or become too ripe
- overroast — to roast for too long so as to spoil
- overruler — someone who overrules another
- oversauce — to put too much sauce on
- overscale — larger or more extensive than normal or usual; outsize; oversize.
- overscore — to score over, as with strokes or lines.
- oversexed — having an unusually strong sexual drive.
- overshade — to cast shade over.
- overshare — an instance of this: Get ready for an overshare about his health problems.
- oversharp — too sharp
- overshine — to outshine: One star seemed to overshine all others.
- overshirt — a pullover sport shirt, worn outside the waistband of a skirt or pair of slacks.
- overshoot — to shoot or go over, beyond, or above; miss: The missile overshot its target.
- overshort — having little length; not long.
- oversight — an omission or error due to carelessness: My bank statement is full of oversights.
- oversized — of excessive size; unusually large: an oversize cigar.
- overskirt — an outer skirt.
- oversleep — to sleep beyond the proper or intended time of waking: He overslept and missed his train.
- overslept — to sleep beyond the proper or intended time of waking: He overslept and missed his train.
- oversmoke — to smoke (something) too much
- overspeed — rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
- overspend — to spend more than one can afford: Receiving a small inheritance, she began to overspend alarmingly.
- overspice — to add too much spice to
- overspill — to spill over.
- overstaff — to provide an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
- overstain — to stain too much
- overstand — overreach (def 13).
- overstare — to outstare
- overstate — to state too strongly; exaggerate: to overstate one's position in a controversy.
- oversteer — handling of an automotive vehicle that causes turns that are sharper than the driver intends because the rear wheels slide to the outside of the turn before the front wheels lose traction.
- overstink — to stink more than (something else)
- overstock — to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
- overstood — simple past tense and past participle of overstand.
- overstory — the uppermost layer of foliage in a forest, forming the canopy.
- overstrew — to strew or scatter over.
- overstudy — excessive study.
- overstuff — to force too much into: If you overstuff your suitcase, the fastenings may not hold.